IPsec Job Trends

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring IPsec skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 593 591 569
Rank change year-on-year -2 -22 +289
Permanent jobs citing IPsec 53 125 126
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.091% 0.21% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.55% 1.67% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 40 95 103
10th Percentile £31,863 £42,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £52,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.17% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £59,313 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £73,500 £86,500 £94,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £47,750
% change year-on-year -7.83% +20.42% -9.05%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

IPsec falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,701 7,506 7,641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.69% 12.87% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4,053 3,990 6,204
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,738 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,813 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £53,445 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.83% +6.89% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -1.64%

IPsec
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IPsec relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

IPsec job vacancy trend in the UK

IPsec
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IPsec.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IPsec

IPsec
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IPsec over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Salary histogram for IPsec in the UK

IPsec
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IPsec within the UK over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +20 52 £51,500 -14.17% 56
UK excluding London +27 41 £53,000 -7.83% 57
Work from Home +58 16 £60,000 -11.11% 14
South West +22 15 £40,000 -46.67% 4
London +45 12 £50,000 -20.00% 10
South East +6 12 £57,250 -4.58% 16
North of England +25 5 £48,500 +16.17% 13
North West +32 4 £48,500 +16.17% 6
West Midlands +24 4 £60,000 +33.33% 4
East of England +22 4 £52,500 -8.70% 11
Midlands +20 4 £60,000 +14.29% 6
North East - 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 - - 4

IPsec
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (11.32%) IIS
1 6 (11.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.89%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 25 (47.17%) Azure
2 14 (26.42%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (15.09%) Entra ID
4 7 (13.21%) AWS
5 6 (11.32%) OneDrive
6 5 (9.43%) AWS Direct Connect
7 3 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (5.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (3.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (3.77%) Google Workspace
8 2 (3.77%) SaaS
9 1 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 40 (75.47%) Firewall
1 40 (75.47%) VPN
2 31 (58.49%) BGP
3 26 (49.06%) OSPF
4 25 (47.17%) Wi-Fi
5 24 (45.28%) LAN
5 24 (45.28%) VLAN
5 24 (45.28%) WAN
6 23 (43.40%) DNS
7 19 (35.85%) DHCP
8 16 (30.19%) Wireless
9 14 (26.42%) Cisco IOS
10 13 (24.53%) Cisco Firepower
10 13 (24.53%) MPLS
10 13 (24.53%) SD-WAN
11 12 (22.64%) Cisco ASA
11 12 (22.64%) TCP/IP
12 11 (20.75%) EIGRP
12 11 (20.75%) Network Security
13 9 (16.98%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.32%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (11.32%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (33.96%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.21%) Finance
2 7 (13.21%) Public Sector
2 7 (13.21%) Telecoms
3 5 (9.43%) Electronics
3 5 (9.43%) Manufacturing
3 5 (9.43%) Marketing
4 4 (7.55%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (7.55%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Law
6 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (54.72%) Network Engineer
2 13 (24.53%) Senior
3 12 (22.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 11 (20.75%) IT Engineer
4 11 (20.75%) Support Engineer
5 9 (16.98%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (16.98%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 8 (15.09%) IT Support
6 8 (15.09%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (13.21%) Cisco Engineer
7 7 (13.21%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 6 (11.32%) Senior IT Engineer
8 6 (11.32%) Senior IT Support
8 6 (11.32%) Senior Support Engineer
9 5 (9.43%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
9 5 (9.43%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
9 5 (9.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 5 (9.43%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 5 (9.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (9.43%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.66%) 802.1X
1 3 (5.66%) REST
2 1 (1.89%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) Clustering
1 6 (11.32%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.66%) Cloud Native
2 3 (5.66%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (5.66%) Driving Licence
2 3 (5.66%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.77%) Biopharmaceutical
3 2 (3.77%) iPad
3 2 (3.77%) iPhone
3 2 (3.77%) PKI
3 2 (3.77%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.77%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.89%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.89%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (30.19%) Windows
2 14 (26.42%) Windows Server
3 8 (15.09%) Mac OS
4 7 (13.21%) Linux
5 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.77%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (26.42%) ITIL
2 9 (16.98%) Containerisation
3 8 (15.09%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (15.09%) IT Strategy
3 8 (15.09%) Mentoring
3 8 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (13.21%) Coaching
4 7 (13.21%) Collaborative Culture
4 7 (13.21%) Migration
4 7 (13.21%) Programme Management
4 7 (13.21%) Requirements Gathering
5 6 (11.32%) High Availability
5 6 (11.32%) Network Design
5 6 (11.32%) Project Management
5 6 (11.32%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 6 (11.32%) Server Building
5 6 (11.32%) Server Management
6 5 (9.43%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (9.43%) Digital Marketing
6 5 (9.43%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.32%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.77%) R
3 1 (1.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (43.40%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (37.74%) CCNP
3 19 (35.85%) Security Cleared
4 15 (28.30%) SC Cleared
5 13 (24.53%) CCNA
6 8 (15.09%) DV Cleared
7 6 (11.32%) ACMT
7 6 (11.32%) Degree
7 6 (11.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (9.43%) Azure Certification
9 4 (7.55%) JNCIS
10 3 (5.66%) AWS Certification
10 3 (5.66%) CCIE
10 3 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (3.77%) JNCIA
11 2 (3.77%) MCSE
11 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (3.77%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (1.89%) CCSA
12 1 (1.89%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.32%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (5.66%) SLA
3 2 (3.77%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.77%) GxP
3 2 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.77%) NIST
3 2 (3.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (28.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (15.09%) Active Directory
2 8 (15.09%) Hyper-V
3 6 (11.32%) Docker
3 6 (11.32%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (7.55%) Firmware
5 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (3.77%) pfSense
5 2 (3.77%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.89%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (15.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (11.32%) Autotask
2 6 (11.32%) Kubernetes
2 6 (11.32%) vCenter Server
3 3 (5.66%) Dell DRAC
3 3 (5.66%) Terraform
4 2 (3.77%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (3.77%) Nagios
5 1 (1.89%) Ansible
5 1 (1.89%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.89%) VxRail
Vendors
1 41 (77.36%) Cisco
2 19 (35.85%) Palo Alto
3 18 (33.96%) VMware
4 14 (26.42%) CheckPoint
4 14 (26.42%) Microsoft
5 8 (15.09%) Juniper
5 8 (15.09%) SolarWinds
6 7 (13.21%) Fortinet
7 6 (11.32%) Apple
7 6 (11.32%) Datto
7 6 (11.32%) Meraki
7 6 (11.32%) Oracle
7 6 (11.32%) Sophos
7 6 (11.32%) Veeam
8 5 (9.43%) Riverbed
8 5 (9.43%) SAP
9 4 (7.55%) Dell
10 3 (5.66%) Dynatrace
10 3 (5.66%) F5
10 3 (5.66%) ServiceNow